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I hope this holiday season that you’re finding comfort and joy in the company of loved ones. It’s a time for family, and I hope yours is close-knit. Families are complicated though, and not everyone finds that feeling of support and togetherness there. In these days of political polarization, we all hear stories of families torn apart by political differences.             For some, this makes the holiday season a tough time. Vivek Murthy, the Surgeon General during the Biden

We’re in the midst of our biennial Fall fundraiser, so I’ve been thinking a lot about money in politics lately. Then, there’s also the dozens of email solicitations I get every day. It does seem like we get pestered constantly, and it gets tiresome. So I’m writing in part to convince you that giving to Clay County DFL makes you part of the solution, not part of the problem.             Money obviously plays too big a role in our politics. If anything, it’s getting worse as th

And get this great T-shirt! It’s plain for all to see that these are perilous times. The current administration is threatening free speech and a free press, intimidating civic institutions, and dismantling government agencies that Americans depend on for their own health and well-being and the health of our planet.   But  we are fighting back. We’ve been out in the streets protesting, calling and writing to our representatives, visiting their offices, showing up at empty-chai

“The enemy within,” “domestic terrorists,” “radical left lunatics.” This is not the kind of language one uses to describe the loyal opposition. This is the kind of language you use when you are intent on crushing your opposition. This is the kind of language the administration is using about us. Trump makes no bones about it. Maybe the Bible says you should love your enemies, but he’ll have none of it. Trump hates his enemies, and his enemies are us.             Trump is a me